Stock-car



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J. HU-Y. Stock-Car.

Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

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No. 226,073 Patented Mar. 30, I880.

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JACOB HUY, OF WHISTLER, ALABAMA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,073, dated March30, 1880.

Application filed February 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB HUY, of \Vhistler,in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new andImproved Stock Car; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improvement in the class of cars for transportinglive stock which have a second floor or deck, that is verticallyadjustable, and racks and troughs suitably arranged for supplying foodand water to the animals on one or both doors.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, with parts brokenout, of one half of a car provided with my improvements, and Fig. 2 is alike view of the other half. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of thecar on line y g Fig. 1. Fig. l is a vertical crossse'ction on line 2 2,Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views designed to show theconstruction and arrangement of the adjustable feed racks, troughs, 850.Fig. 7 is a side view of one of the twopart gates for dividing the carcrosswise into compartments.

The body A of the car may have the usual construction, except in the fewparticulars hereinafter described, and it may have any approvedproportions; but I prefer, for various reasons, to construct it ofgreater length than the ordinary freight-car.

On the bottom B of the car, along the sides thereof, I place water andfeed troughs O, which I propose to construct of boiler-plate orgalvanized or cast iron. These troughs may be continuous on each side ofthe car, or made in sections and connected by pipes, so that all will besupplied with water at the same time.

In the middle of the length of the car A, I locate two metal watertanks,D, Fig. 4, one on each side. The tanks extend from top to bottom of thecar, but are preferably not made of greater width than the studs a oftheframe, so that their inner sides will be flush with the same side ofthe studs. The tanks D are connected at the bottom by a pipe, E, so thatboth will be filled simultaneously through the induction-tube b, thatprojects above the roof of the car. Said tanks D may be placed at theend of the car; but the arrangement shown is in certain respectspreferable. Water may be admitted from the tanks D into troughs O bymeans of pipes c, Fig. 1, having suitable stop-cocks or valves.

When the car is used for transportinglarge stocksuch as ,bullocks,horses, or mulesthe upper floor or deck, F, is secured at the top of thecar or contiguous to the roof of the same, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 3; but when it is required to transport a greater number of smallstocksuch as swine or sheepthan the lower or permanent floor, B, willaccommodate, the said upper tloor, F, is lowered until the projectingends of its cross-timbers 0 rest on bars or suitable supports f, fixedin the sides of the car, as shown in Figs. 5, 6.

The means for lowering and raising the deck F are a Windlass orcrank-rod, G, and ropes I-I. Said crank-rod has its hearings in theroof-timbers g, and is provided with a ratchet and pawl for the purposeof looking it when the deck F has been raised, (by rotating thecrank-rod,) but as a stronger and more permanent means for securing thedeck F when raised, as in Fig. 3, I provide screws h and nuts i. Thescrews h project downward from the car-roof g and pass through the deckF far enough to allow the nuts 1' to be screwed on them.

By making the deck F vertically adjustable its fundtion and efficiencyas a floor are in nowise impaired, while the car is thereby adapted tobe easily and quickly converted from a single-decker into adouble-(locker car, or vice versa, as occasion may require. It is alsoobvious that in its raised position the adjustable floor F will notinterfere with the loading, unloading, and transportation of ordinarymerchandise or freight. Said floor is made in sections, preferably twofor each longitudinal half of the car.

As a means for dividing the interior of the car into pens orcompartments, I employ slatted gates I, which are hinged to the studs(0, and are free to swing in either direction, but provided with devicesfor fastening them crosswise of the car, or at right angles to the sidesthereof, as shown in Fig. 3. Each gate I is made in two parts, Z, whichmay operate independently or together, as required-that is to say, whenthe floor F is in use the upper part, k, of each gate swings above itand the lower half, 1, below it. Thus each half of the gate isindependent of the other; but when the floor F is raised, Fig. 3, thetwo parts k l are rigidly connected by a bar or rod, m, Fig. 7 which isattached thereto by means of screws, bolts, staples, or any otherdevices suitable for the purpose, so that said parts have no independentaction or function. When not in use, or when loading the car with stock,the gates I are swung back against the sides of the car, Fig. 4, intosuitable recesses provided for the same.

When the car is converted for use as a don ble-decker the lower floor ordeck, B, is usually loaded first. The sliding side door, K, is thenclosed, Fig. 2, and its hinged upper section, a, is opened to allowentrance of the stock upon the upper floor, F. To enable them to passfrom the farther end of the car, 1 provide a bridge between thefloorsections F. Said bridge consists of two parts, L, hinged to op- Iposite sides of the car, and folding vertically,

as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 4, into recesses when not in use. Whenadjusted in horizontal position, Fig. 4, the parts of the bridge L aresupported by a temporary prop.

After the stock have been loaded the bridgesections L are folded, andthe feed (hay, oats, &c.) is placed in the space between them, and

access is had to it by means of a ladder through a doorway, 0, in thecar-roof. The feed is taken out through such doorway, and supplied tothe stock through other openings in the roof, as will be presentlyexplained.

The deck F is cutaway on one side to allow space for adjustment of theswinging racks M. The latter consists of a series of parallel tubes, pp,fixed at the upper end in hopper N, and at about the middle of theirlength in a trough, 0, said parts being attached to and supported byscrew-threaded rods g, which are pivoted at their lower ends to thestuds a. Every alternate tube 19 is slotted or provided with anaperture, 0', Fig. 5, at a point opposite the trough O, and is closedbelow said aperture, so that oats or corn placed in hopper N will bedelivered in part into the lower troughs through tubes 1) and in partinto the upper troughs, 0, through tubes 19. Thus the tubes 1) psubserve a double function, mainly as part of rack M and as conduits forfine feed to supply the animals on both decks. The

racks M are shown in l igs. 3, 5,6 as inclined inward, so that hay 'maybe placed through roof-openings s in the space between them and thesides of the car, and thus be accessible to the animals on the lowerdeck, B, as well as the upper one, F. In such position also the uppertrough, 0, projects over or is close to the edge of the floor F, so thatthe stock on the latter may readily eat from it.

When oats or corn are to be placed in the hopper N the racks M are swungback torender the hopper accessible through openings 8, as shown indotted lines, Fig. 5. The racks are likewise adjusted in verticalposition between the studs 60 when not required for use, and the gates Imay be folded against them.

Water is supplied to the upper troughs as required by means of a pipe,15, extending along the side of the car and having laterals c, whichproject inward, Figs. 1, 5.

The hopper N and trough 0 are held in the required position on the rods,and may also be adjusted higher or lower by means of the nuts, which arescrewed up or down on the rods for that purpose.

In respect to the function of the rack-tubes, it may be stated that incase the upper deck, F, is not used it will be desirable to close theslotted tubes 19, in order to prevent any feed passing into the uppertrough, O, and for this purpose suitable stoppers may be employed forsuch tubes.

What I claim as new isl. The combination, with the vertically-adjustableupper floor or deck, F, of the screws h, which are pendent from the rootof the car,

and nuts 6, adapted to be applied to said screws for securing the deckcontiguous to the carroof, as specified.

2. The combination, with a swinging rack formed in whole or in part ofopen-ended tubes, of a hopper or receptacle for corn or other fine feed,and a trough into which the tubes deliver such feed from the hopper, asspecified.

3. The combination, with the car, of the water-tanks placed on oppositesides thereot} and a pipe, E, which connects the tanks at the bottom, asshown and described,for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the swinging gates I, composed of two parts, k l,which are hinged to the same stud and separated by a space of such widththat the upper deck, F, may be received between them, and a device forconnecting said parts so that they may operate as one, as and for thepurpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 27th day ofJanuary, 1880.

JACOB HUY.

Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, CHAS. A. PETTIT.

